Category: JapanPage 3 of 9
Travels around Japan, from the time living here as an English teacher on the JET programme, to the time spent living and working in the ski resort area Niseko.
As well as our road trip around Japan, which is in its own sub category
We were in a mild state of panic this morning. We were going to the unknown, and we were doing it without the safety of our van. We…
It was Saturday morning, and the crowds starting coming to the michi-no-eki by 9AM. It feels uncomfortable walking around in pyjamas, looking half-asleep and eating breakfast with people…
There was a lot that we wanted to do today, so we tried to not waste much time. We went straight to the Unzen onsen area and had…
The ‘beach’ that we’d parked by showed its true colours this morning. It’s certainly not the kind of place that I would travel to use, but I guess…
The michi-no-eki that we stayed in last night happened to have free spring water. After we spent money (only ¥100) filling half of our bottles up. But, we…
Noisy neighbours and sunshine reminded me why I should always wear earplugs to bed, even if it is silent at night. We didn’t have anything that we wanted…
Another perfect morning. The beach that we’d parked next to turned out to be quite nice. Not nice enough to make me want to swim in it, even…
The people doing hot laps up the toge next to where we were parked started again in the morning, with one guy on a motorbike going up/down every…
We slept in quite late (we were up late last night talking) but I was keen to check on HMAS Delica. It was still there, but I was…
We hadn’t checked the weather forecast (we seem to only check it once it is already bad), but when we woke up, it was raining. Not a real…